{"id":138727,"date":"2010-01-01T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/01\/oops-pfizer-halts-cancer-drug-experiments-after-too-many-people-die.html"},"modified":"2010-01-01T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:21:00","slug":"oops-pfizer-halts-cancer-drug-experiments-after-too-many-people-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/138727","title":{"rendered":"Oops: Pfizer Halts Cancer Drug Experiments After Too Many People Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Drug maker Pfizer (PFE) said late
\nTuesday that it will discontinue research on an experimental lung
\ncancer drug after side effects led to an unexpected number of deaths in
\npatients.<\/font><\/p>\n

Pfizer said it was canceling enrollments
\nfor Phase 3 clinical trials for the drug, which was known as
\nfigitumumab. The compound was being used in treatment for a disease
\nknown non-adenocarcionoma, nonsmall-cell lung cancer.<\/font><\/p>\n

According to Pfizer, the committee
\nmonitoring the clinical trials said in September it saw a
\n\u201capparent imbalance\u201d in serious side effects when using the
\ndrug, including fatalities.’<\/font><\/p>\n

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